Comments on: The Little Bot that Could

By: electric actuator

electric actuator — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:22:18 +0000

Great post!! Thanks for sharing..

By: electric actuator

electric actuator — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:18:13 +0000

Great post!! Thanks for sharing!!

By: Darren Moran

Darren Moran — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:12:44 +0000

love that comment,
“I bet he’s popular with the fembots…
Posted by: Matt at December 30, 2008 02:17 PM“
Made me chuckle!!

By: George Woodruff

George Woodruff — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:45:39 +0000

We manufactured this Situational Awareness Mast for the U.S. Army, TARDEC, Warren, MI. We are now selling commercial masts. The masts come in various sizes depending upon height and load requirements. These masts can cycle over 25,000 times before failure.

By: Vstress

Vstress — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:35:21 +0000

Very nice idea!
Brandon… you seem to be talking like you work on the program:
What is the number of extensions that can occur before you get material degradation? Is this comparable with a normal cylinder? I can see exactly where the material cracking would start — any future redesigns of the cut-outs etc. to improve the life?
What is the maximum force it can take in “crush”?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:58:24 +0000

We were originally going to use a larger version of that mast in a vehicle. They do exist

By: Dr. Curiosity

Dr. Curiosity — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:38:29 +0000

That’s some solid prototype engineering, right there. Can’t help but wonder how much space it takes up internally, mind.

By: Adriano F.

Adriano F. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:31:53 +0000

It’s fake.

By: fronten

fronten — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:46:37 +0000

actually i first thought this is a stupid idea..
but hey — the gained height is really much!
didnt expect this.
the conzept is also really nice, say zipper.
there may be a (huge) problem with wind and balance though..

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:17:32 +0000

I bet he’s popular with the fembots…